Window for umbrellas and parasols



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r A. L. ANDREWS.

' WINDOW FOR UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS No. 416,352. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. 'A. L. ANDREWS. I WINDOW FQB, UMBRELLASAND PAfiAsoLsh No. 416,352. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

' UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE.

ALBERT L. ANDREIVS, OF FREDONIA, NEIV YORK.

WINDOW FOR UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,352, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed August 26, 1889. Serial No. 321,978. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

. Be it known that I, ALBERT L. ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fredonia, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows forUmbrellas and Parasols; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has relation to improvements in umbrellas and parasols;and it consists in providing the same with a lookout or window of anovel construction and arrangement,whereby a person may readily seeahead without raising the umbrella or the like. At the same time it isso constructed that no water is permitted to penetrate the same wherethe device is applied, all as will be hereinafter fully explained, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of an um brella,showing my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical section View ofthe device, showing it attached to part of an umbrella. Fig. 3 is a faceview of one of the plates, showing the fastening-spurs; and Fig. 4. is asimilar view of the opposite plate, showing the slots therein.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates anumbrella or article of like construction, which is made in thewell-known manner, and through which is cut an opening a, for a purposehereinafter explained.

B B represent concavo-convex plates,which have an inner opening I) 19,forming a rim. The plate 13 is provided with spurs c c, which are cut orstamped from the metal, and the plate B is provided with slots (1 cl,which are arranged directly opposite to the spurs aforesaid.

0 represents a concavo-convex glass, which is interposed between theplates and serves as the window-pane.

It will be seen that in applying my device to the cloth of an umbrellathe plate B is placed on the under side of the cloth, between which andsaid plate the glass is interposed, after which the plate B is placed onthe outside of said cloth, and the spurs are forced through the same andthrough the slots on the plate B, after which said spurs are bent uponsaid plate, thus binding one. plate to the other and holding firmlybetween them the glass or other transparent material, and what cloth isclamped between the two plates serves as an excellent packing to keepout the rain, and the plates being constructed in concavo-oonvex form,there is a sufficient slant on the outside and around the opening orwindow to direct the water therefrom. I usually employ a commonwatch-crystal, which is interposed between plates; but mica or othertransparent material suitable for the same can be used. A device as heredescribed and shown is simple in construction and durable.

I am aware that prior to my invention umbrellas and the like have beenprovided with windows; hence I do not claim such a device, broadly; but,H

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

The combination, with an umbrella or the like having an opening throughit, as described, of the concavo-convex plates B B, the former providedwith the spurs c and the latter with the slots d, adapted to engage oneanother, and the concavo-convex glass 0, interposed between said plates,all'as shown and described. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT L. ANDREWS.

itnesses:

O. E. BARTRUM, F. W. HOWARD.

